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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does OIAA stand for?
(a) Office of Inter-American Affairs.
(b) Open Information Act of America.
(c) Office of Industry and Agriculture.
(d) Oil Industry Association of America.

2. With what respected Wall Street law firm did Moe Berg take a position in 1930?
(a) Bloomberg and Rodgers.
(b) Ernster and Robbins.
(c) Scofield and Newton.
(d) Satterlee and Canfield.

3. In what year did Moe Berg begin playing professional baseball?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1927.

4. What sports columnist was credited with creating the public image of Moe Berg in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?
(a) Tony Calvert.
(b) John Kieran.
(c) Joe Cronin.
(d) Aldo Icardi.

5. Where was Moe Berg sent after returning from Paris when the coaches saw his batting had not improved?
(a) The minors.
(b) To the batting cages.
(c) Back to college.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a fielder's ability to move from his position to field a ball in play in baseball?

2. How many games did Moe Berg play in the 1931 season?

3. How old was Moe Berg when he begged his mother to let him start school?

4. While the rest of the team was playing in Omiya, Berg went to Saint Luke's Hospital where during his second trip in Japan?

5. Where did Moe Berg earn his law degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened academically and in Moe Berg's sports career in 1929 in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?

2. Describe Dr. Sam Berg. What was his relationship with his brother Moe?

3. What did Moe Berg take along with him on his second trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? Who had contracted Berg?

4. How often did Moe Berg play in the 1930 season in Chapter 6, "You Never Knew He Was Around"?

5. For whom did Moe Berg play in the 1931 season in Chapter 6, "You Never Knew He Was Around"? How many games did he play?

6. Describe Moe Berg's rooftop filming in Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera." Where did he film from?

7. For whom did Moe Berg play in the 1933 season in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? How was his performance described?

8. When did Bernard Berg immigrate to America in Chapter 2, "Youth: Runt Wolfe"? What job did he take?

9. Where did Moe Berg travel after his first trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"?

10. How does author Nicholas Dawidoff describe Moe Berg's sports persona in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?

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